Typical Signs and Symptoms Flashcards

1
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State of awareness
A. Consciousness
B. Apperception
C. Sensorium

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A. Consciousness

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Perception modified by one’s own emotions and thoughts
A. Consciousness
B. Apperception
C. Sensorium

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B. Apperception

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State of functioning of the special senses (sometimes used as a synonym for consciousness).
A. Consciousness
B. Apperception
C. Sensorium

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C. Sensorium

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disturbance of orientation in time, place, or person
A. Disorientation
B. Clouding of consciousness
C. Stupor
D. Delirium

A

A. Disorientation

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incomplete clear mindedness with disturbance in perception and attitudes
A. Disorientation
B. Clouding of consciousness
C. Stupor
D. Delirium

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B. Clouding of consciousness

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lack of reaction to and unawareness of surroundings
A. Disorientation
B. Clouding of consciousness
C. Stupor
D. Delirium

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C. Stupor

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bewildered, restless, confused, disoriented, reaction associated with fear and hallucinations
A. Disorientation
B. Clouding of consciousness
C. Stupor
D. Delirium

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D. Delirium

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profound degree of unconsciousness
A. Coma
B. Coma vigil
C. Twilight State
D. Dreamlike state
E. Somnolence

A

A. Coma

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coma in which the patient appears to be asleep but ready to be aroused (akinetic mutism)
A. Coma
B. Coma vigil
C. Twilight State
D. Dreamlike state
E. Somnolence

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B. Coma vigil

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disturbed consciousness with hallucinations
A. Coma
B. Coma vigil
C. Twilight State
D. Dreamlike state
E. Somnolence

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C. Twilight State

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often used as a synonym for complex partial seizure or psychomotor epilepsy
A. Coma
B. Coma vigil
C. Twilight State
D. Dreamlike state
E. Somnolence

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D. Dreamlike state

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abnormal drowsiness seen most often in organic processes

A. Coma
B. Coma vigil
C. Twilight State
D. Dreamlike state
E. Somnolence

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E. Somnolence

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13
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the amount of effort exerted in focusing on certain
portions of an experience

A. Attention
B. Distractibility
C. Selective inattention
D. Hypervigilance

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A. Attention

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inability to concentrate attention; attention drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli
A. Attention
B. Distractibility
C. Selective inattention
D. Hypervigilance

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B. Distractibility

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blocking out only those things that generate anxiety
A. Attention
B. Distractibility
C. Selective inattention
D. Hypervigilance

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C. Selective inattention

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excessive attention and focus on all internal and external stimuli secondary to paranoid stance
A. Attention
B. Distractibility
C. Selective inattention
D. Hypervigilance

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D. Hypervigilance

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compliant and uncritical response to an idea or influence
A. Suggestibility
B. Folie à deux
C. Hypnosis

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A. Suggestibility

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communicated emotional illness between two or three persons
A. Suggestibility
B. Folie à deux
C. Hypnosis

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B. Folie à deux

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artificially induced modification of consciousness characterized by a heightened suggestibility
A. Suggestibility
B. Folie à deux
C. Hypnosis

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C. Hypnosis

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a complex feeling state with psychic, somatic, and behavioral components that is related to affect and mood
A. Emotion
B. Affect
C. Appropriate affect
D. Inappropriate affect

A

A. Emotion

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the expression of emotion as observed by others
A. Emotion
B. Affect
C. Appropriate affect
D. Inappropriate affect

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B. Affect

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the normal condition in which emotional tone is in harmony with the accompanying idea, thought; or speech
A. Emotion
B. Affect
C. Appropriate affect
D. Inappropriate affect

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C. Appropriate affect

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disharmony between the emotional feeling tone and the idea, thought, or speech accompanying it
A. Emotion
B. Affect
C. Appropriate affect
D. Inappropriate affect

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D. Inappropriate affect

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24
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True or False: Affect has outward manifestations
that can be observed.

A

True

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25
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True or False: Affect can vary over time, in response to changing emotional states.

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True

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26
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a disturbance in affect manifested by a severe reduction In the intensity of externalized feeling tone
A. Blunted affect
B. Restricted affect
C. Flat affect
D. Labile affect

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A. Blunted affect

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27
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reduction in intensity of feeling tone less severe then
blunted affect but clearly reduced
A. Blunted affect
B. Restricted affect
C. Flat affect
D. Labile affect

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B. Restricted affect

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absence or near absence of any signs of affective expression; voice monotonous, face immobile
A. Blunted affect
B. Restricted affect
C. Flat affect
D. Labile affect

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C. Flat affect

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rapid and abrupt changes in emotional feeling tone, unrelated to external stimuli
A. Blunted affect
B. Restricted affect
C. Flat affect
D. Labile affect

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D. Labile affect

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a pervasive or sustained emotion, subjectively experienced and reported by the patient, as well as observed by others; examples include depression, elation, and anger
A. Mood
B. Dysphoric mood
C. Euthymic mood
D. Expansive mood

A

A. Mood

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An unpleasant mood
A. Mood
B. Dysphoric mood
C. Euthymic mood
D. Expansive mood

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B. Dysphoric mood

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normal range of mood, implying absence of depressed or elevated mood
A. Mood
B. Dysphoric mood
C. Euthymic mood
D. Expansive mood

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C. Euthymic mood

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expression of one’s feelings without restraint, frequently with an overestimation of one’s significance or importance
A. Mood
B. Dysphoric mood
C. Euthymic mood
D. Expansive mood

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D. Expansive mood

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34
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easily annoyed and provoked to anger
A. Irritable mood
B. Mood swings
C. Elevated mood
D. Euphoria

A

A. Irritable mood

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oscillations between euphoria and depression or anxiety
A. Irritable mood
B. Mood swings
C. Elevated mood
D. Euphoria

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B. Mood swings

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Q

air of confidence and enjoyment; a mood more cheerful than normal but not necessarily pathological
A. Irritable mood
B. Mood swings
C. Elevated mood
D. Euphoria

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C. Elevated mood

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37
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intense elation with feeling of grandeur
A. Irritable mood
B. Mood swings
C. Elevated mood
D. Euphoria

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D. Euphoria

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38
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feeling of intense rapture (sexual experience)
A. Ecstacy
B. Depression
C. Anhedonia
D. Grief or mourning
E. Alexithymia

A

A. Ecstacy

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39
Q

psychopathological feeling of sadness (extreme)
A. Ecstacy
B. Depression
C. Anhedonia
D. Grief or mourning
E. Alexithymia

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B. Depression

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loss of interest in and withdrawal from all regular and pleasurable activities, often associated with depression
A. Ecstacy
B. Depression
C. Anhedonia
D. Grief or mourning
E. Alexithymia

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C. Anhedonia

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41
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sadness appropriate to a real loss
A. Ecstacy
B. Depression
C. Anhedonia
D. Grief or mourning
E. Alexithymia

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D. Grief or mourning

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42
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inability or difficulty in describing or being aware of one’s emotions or moods
A. Ecstacy
B. Depression
C. Anhedonia
D. Grief or mourning
E. Alexithymia

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E. Alexithymia

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feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger, which may be internal or external

A. Anxiety
B. Free-floating anxiety
C. Fear
D. Agitation

A

A. Anxiety

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pervasive, unfocused fear not attached to any idea

A. Anxiety
B. Free-floating anxiety
C. Fear
D. Agitation

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B. Free-floating anxiety

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45
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anxiety caused by consciously recognized and realistic danger

A. Anxiety
B. Free-floating anxiety
C. Fear
D. Agitation

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C. Fear

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46
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severe anxiety associated with motor restlessness

A. Anxiety
B. Free-floating anxiety
C. Fear
D. Agitation

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D. Agitation

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47
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increased motor and psychological activity that is unpleasant

A. Tension
B. Panic
C. Apathy
D. Ambivalence

A

A. Tension

48
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acute, episodic, intense attack of anxiety associated with overwhelming feelings of dread and autonomic discharge

A. Tension
B. Panic
C. Apathy
D. Ambivalence

A

B. Panic

49
Q

dulled emotional tone associated with detachment or indifference

A. Tension
B. Panic
C. Apathy
D. Ambivalence

A

C. Apathy

50
Q

coexistence of two opposing impulses toward the same thing in the same person at same time

A. Tension
B. Panic
C. Apathy
D. Ambivalence

A

D. Ambivalence

51
Q

loss of or decrease in appetite

A. Anorexia
B. Hyperphagia
C. Hypersomnia

A

A. Anorexia

52
Q

increase in appetite and intake of food

A. Anorexia
B. Hyperphagia
C. Hypersomnia

A

B. Hyperphagia

53
Q

excessive sleeping

A. Anorexia
B. Hyperphagia
C. Hypersomnia

A

Hypersomnia

54
Q

lack of or diminished ability to sleep

A. Insomnia
B. Initial Insomnia
C. Middle Insomnia
D. Terminal Insomnia

A

A. Insomnia

55
Q

difficulty in falling asleep

A. Insomnia
B. Initial Insomnia
C. Middle Insomnia
D. Terminal Insomnia

A

B. Initial Insomnia

56
Q

difficulty in sleeping through the night without waking up and difficulty in going back to sleep

A. Insomnia
B. Initial Insomnia
C. Middle Insomnia
D. Terminal Insomnia

A

C. Middle Insomnia

57
Q

early-morning awakening

A. Insomnia
B. Initial Insomnia
C. Middle Insomnia
D. Terminal Insomnia

A

D. Terminal Insomnia

58
Q

mood is regularly worst in the morning, immediately after awakening, and improves as day progresses

A. Diurnal variation
B. Diminished libido
C. Constipation

A

A. Diurnal variation

59
Q

decreased sexual interest, drive, and performance (increased libido is associated with manic states)

A. Diurnal variation
B. Diminished libido
C. Constipation

A

B. Diminished libido

60
Q

inability or difficulty in defecating

A. Diurnal variation
B. Diminished libido
C. Constipation

A

C. Constipation

61
Q

the aspect of the psyche that includes impulses, motivations, wishes, drives, instincts, and cravings, as expressed by a person’s behavior or motor activity.

A. Motor behavior (conation)
B. Echopraxia
C. Catatonia

A

A. Motor behavior (conation)

62
Q

pathological imitation of movements of one person by another

A. Motor behavior (conation)
B. Echopraxia
C. Catatonia

A

B. Echopraxia

63
Q

motor anomalies in non-organic disorders (as opposed to disturbances of consciousness and motor activity secondary to organic pathology)

A. Motor behavior (conation)
B. Echopraxia
C. Catatonia

A

C. Catatonia

64
Q

general term for an immobile position that is constantly maintained

A. Catalepsy
B. Catatonic excitement
C. Catatonic stupor

A

A. Catalepsy

65
Q

agitated, purposeless motor activity, uninfluenced by external stimuli

A. Catalepsy
B. Catatonic excitement
C. Catatonic stupor

A

B. Catatonic excitement

66
Q

markedly slowed motor activity, often to a point of immobility and seeming unawareness of surroundings

A. Catalepsy
B. Catatonic excitement
C. Catatonic stupor

A

C. Catatonic stupor

67
Q

voluntary assumption of a rigid posture, held against all efforts to be moved

A. Catatonic rigidity
B. Catatonic posturing
C. Cerea flexibilitas (waxy flexibility)

A

A. Catatonic rigidity

68
Q

voluntary assumption of an inappropriate or bizarre posture, generally maintained for long periods of time

A. Catatonic rigidity
B. Catatonic posturing
C. Cerea flexibilitas (waxy flexibility)

A

B. Catatonic posturing

69
Q

the person can be molded into a position that is then maintained; when the examiner moves the person’s limb, the limb feels as if it were made of wax

A. Catatonic rigidity
B. Catatonic posturing
C. Cerea flexibilitas (waxy flexibility)

A

C. Cerea flexibilitas (waxy flexibility)

70
Q

motiveless resistance to all attempts to be moved or to all instructions
A. Negativism
B. Cataplexy
C. Stereotypy
D. Mannerism

A

A. Negativism

71
Q

temporary loss of muscle tine and weakness precipitated by a variety of emotional states

A. Negativism
B. Cataplexy
C. Stereotypy
D. Mannerism

A

B. Cataplexy

72
Q

repetitive fixed pattern of physical action or speech

A. Negativism
B. Cataplexy
C. Stereotypy
D. Mannerism

A

C. Stereotypy

73
Q

ingrained, habitual involuntary movement

A. Negativism
B. Cataplexy
C. Stereotypy
D. Mannerism

A

D. Mannerism

74
Q

automatic performance of an act or acts generally representative of unconscious symbolic activity
A. Automatism
B. Command automatism
C. Mutism

A

A. Automatism

75
Q

automatic following of suggestions (automatic obedience)
A. Automatism
B. Command automatism
C. Mutism

A

B. Command automatism

76
Q

voicelessness without structural abnormalities
A. Automatism
B. Command automatism
C. Mutism

A

C. Mutism

77
Q

excessive motor and cognitive overactivity, usually nonproductive and in response to inner tension

A. Psychomotor agitation
B. Hyperactivity (hyperkinesis)
C. Tic

A

A. Psychomotor agitation

78
Q

restless, aggressive, destructive activity, often associated
with some underlying organic pathology

A. Psychomotor agitation
B. Hyperactivity (hyperkinesis)
C. Tic

A

B. Hyperactivity (hyperkinesis)

79
Q

involuntary, spasmodic motor movement
A. Psychomotor agitation
B. Hyperactivity (hyperkinesis)
C. Tic

A

C. Tic

80
Q

motor activity during sleep
A. Sleepwalking (somnambulism)
B. Akathisia
C. Compulsion

A

A. Sleepwalking (somnambulism)

81
Q

subjective feeling of muscular tension secondary to antipsychotic or other medication, which can cause restlessness, pacing, repeated sitting and standing; can be mistaken for psychotic agitation

A. Sleepwalking (somnambulism)
B. Akathisia
C. Compulsion

A

B. Akathisia

82
Q

uncontrollable impulse to perform an act repetitively
A. Sleepwalking (somnambulism)
B. Akathisia
C. Compulsion

A

C. Compulsion

83
Q

compulsion to drink alcohol
A. Dipsomania
B. Kleptomania
C. Nymphomania

A

A. Dipsomania

84
Q

compulsion to steal
A. Dipsomania
B. Kleptomania
C. Nymphomania

A

B. Kleptomania

85
Q

excessive and compulsive need for coitus in a woman
A. Dipsomania
B. Kleptomania
C. Nymphomania

A

C. Nymphomania

86
Q

excessive and compulsive need for coitus in man
A. Satyriasis
B. Trichotillomania
C. Ritual

A

A. Satyriasis

87
Q

compulsion to pull out one’s hair
A. Satyriasis
B. Trichotillomania
C. Ritual

A

B. Trichotillomania

88
Q

automatic activity compulsive in nature, anxiety-reducing in origin
A. Satyriasis
B. Trichotillomania
C. Ritual

A

C. Ritual

89
Q

decreased motor and cognitive activity, as in psychomotor retardation; visible slowing of thought, speech, movements

A. Hypoactivity (hypokinesis)
B. Mimicry
C. Aggression
D. Acting out

A

A. Hypoactivity (hypokinesis)

90
Q

simple, imitative motor activity of childhood
A. Hypoactivity (hypokinesis)
B. Mimicry
C. Aggression
D. Acting out

A

B. Mimicry

91
Q

forceful goal-directed action that may be verbal or physical; the motor counterpart of the affect of rage, anger, or hostility

A. Hypoactivity (hypokinesis)
B. Mimicry
C. Aggression
D. Acting out

A

C. Aggression

92
Q

direct expression of an unconscious wish or impulse in action; unconscious fantasy is lived out impulsively in behavior

A. Hypoactivity (hypokinesis)
B. Mimicry
C. Aggression
D. Acting out

A

D. Acting out

93
Q

clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome, associated with distress or disability, not just an expected response to a particular event

A. Mental disorder
B. Psychosis
C. Reality testing

A

A. Mental disorder

94
Q

inability to distinguish reality from fantasy; impaired reality, with creation of a new reality
A. Mental disorder
B. Psychosis
C. Reality testing

A

B. Psychosis

95
Q

the objective evaluation and judgment of the world outside the self

A. Mental disorder
B. Psychosis
C. Reality testing

A

C. Reality testing

96
Q

disturbance in the form of thought instead of the content of thought; thinking characterized by loosened associations, neologisms, and illogical constructs; thought process is disordered, and the person is defined as psychotic

A. Formal thought disorder
B. Illogical thinking
C. Dereism

A

A. Formal thought disorder

97
Q

thinking containing erroneous conclusions or internal contradictions; is psychopathological only when it is marked and when not caused by cultural values or intellectual deficit

A. Formal thought disorder
B. Illogical thinking
C. Dereism

A

B. Illogical thinking

98
Q

mental activity not concordant with logic or experience

A. Formal thought disorder
B. Illogical thinking
C. Dereism

A

C. Dereism

99
Q

thinking that gratifies unfulfilled desires but has no regard for reality; preoccupation with inner, private world; term used somewhat synonymously with Dereism

A. Autistic thinking
B. Magical thinking
C. Primary process thinking

A

A. Autistic thinking

100
Q

a form of dereistic thought; thinking that is similar to that of the preoperational phase in children (Piaget), in which thoughts, words, or actions assume power (for example, they can cause or prevent events)

A. Autistic thinking
B. Magical thinking
C. Primary process thinking

A

B. Magical thinking

101
Q

general term for thinking that is dereistic, illogical, magical; normally found in dreams, abnormally in psychosis

A. Autistic thinking
B. Magical thinking
C. Primary process thinking

A

C. Primary process thinking

102
Q

new word created by the patient, often from combining syllables of other words, for idiosyncratic psychological reasons

A. Neologism
B. Word salad
C. Circumstantiality
D. Tangentiality

A

A. Neologism

103
Q

incoherent mixture of words and phrases

A. Neologism
B. Word salad
C. Circumstantiality
D. Tangentiality

A

B. Word salad

104
Q

indirect speech that is delayed in reaching the point but eventually gets from original point to desired goal; characterized by an over inclusion of detail and parenthetical remarks

A. Neologism
B. Word salad
C. Circumstantiality
D. Tangentiality

A

C. Circumstantiality

105
Q

inability to have goal-directed associations of thought; patient never gets from desired point to desired goal

A. Neologism
B. Word salad
C. Circumstantiality
D. Tangentiality

A

D. Tangentiality

106
Q

thought that, generally, is not understandable; running together of thoughts or words with no logical or grammatical connection, resulting in disorganization

A. Incoherence
B. Perseveration
C. Verbigeration
D. Echolalia

A

A. Incoherence

107
Q

persisting response to a prior stimulus after a new stimulus has been presented, often associated with organic mental disease

A. Incoherence
B. Perseveration
C. Verbigeration
D. Echolalia

A

B. Perseveration

108
Q

meaningless repetition of specific words or phrases

A. Incoherence
B. Perseveration
C. Verbigeration
D. Echolalia

A

C. Verbigeration

109
Q

psychopathological repeating of words or phrases of one person by another; tends to be repetitive and persistent, may be spoken with mocking or staccato intonation

A. Incoherence
B. Perseveration
C. Verbigeration
D. Echolalia

A

D. Echolalia

110
Q

fusion of various concepts into one

A. Condensation
B. Irrelevant answer
C. Loosening of associations
D. Derailment

A

A. Condensation

111
Q

answer that is not in harmony with the question asked (appears to ignore or not attend to the question)

A. Condensation
B. Irrelevant answer
C. Loosening of associations
D. Derailment

A

B. Irrelevant answer

112
Q

flow of thought which ideas shift from one subject to another in a completely unrelated way; when severe, speech may be incoherent

A. Condensation
B. Irrelevant answer
C. Loosening of associations
D. Derailment

A

C. Loosening of associations

113
Q

gradual or sudden deviation in train of thought without blocking; sometimes used synonymously with loosening of associations

A. Condensation
B. Irrelevant answer
C. Loosening of associations
D. Derailment

A

D. Derailment

114
Q

rapid, continuous verbalizations or plays on words produce constant shifting from one idea to another; the ideas tend to be connected and in the less severe from may be followed by a listener

A. Flight of ideas
B. Clang association
C. Blocking
D. Glossolalia

A

A. Flight of ideas

115
Q

association of words similar in sound but not in meaning; words have no logical connection, may include rhyming and punning

A. Flight of ideas
B. Clang association
C. Blocking
D. Glossolalia

A

B. Clang association

116
Q

abrupt interruption in train of thinking before a thought or idea is finished; after brief pause, person indicates no recall of what was being said or was going to be said (thought deprivation)

A. Flight of ideas
B. Clang association
C. Blocking
D. Glossolalia

A

C. Blocking

117
Q

the expression of a revelatory message through unintelligible words (speaking in tongues); not considered a disturbance in thought if associated with practices of specific Pentecostal religion

A. Flight of ideas
B. Clang association
C. Blocking
D. Glossolalia

A

D. Glossolalia